This book is a concise overview of the recent history of U.S.-Central American relations. Part of the Contemporary Inter-American Relations series edited by Jorge Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, it focuses on the relations between the U.S. and this region since the end of the Cold War.The volume considers economic relations between the two regions, presenting pertinent information on the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). It also looks at political is...

Managing conflict is a core capability for today's leaders. In this book, Mark Rosenberg draws on his extensive experience as an executive coach and mediator to provide leaders with insights and practical tools to improve communication and master hard conversations.In this practical and easy-to-read book, you will:Deepen your self-awareness and understanding of conflictLearn a step-by-step approach to preparing for hard conversationsDevelop your sk...

New from the author of Blackouts and Breakdowns--and in the tradition of Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Chelsea Handler--a collection of funny essays skewering the author's struggles with weight and body image, both as a kid in the 1980s and as a gay man in the 2000s.Mark Rosenberg has had more ups and downs with his weight than Oprah--but unlike Oprah, no one gives a sh*t. Coming of age very outrageously as an overweight, soon-to-be gay kid, he learns to relate ...

“We, the Jury has what most legal thrillers lack—total authenticity, which is spellbinding.” —James PattersonOn the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an ax in his wife’s skull. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and decide whether David committed premeditated murder—or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in self-defense.Told from the perspective of over a dozen participants ...

Managing conflict is a core capability for today's leaders. In this book, Mark Rosenberg draws on his extensive experience as an executive coach and mediator to provide leaders with insights and practical tools to improvecommunication and master hard conversations.In this practical and easy-to-read book, you will:Deepen your self-awareness and understanding of conflictLearn a step-by-step approach to preparing for hard conversationsDevelop your ski...

Over the past century, the banana industry has radically transformed Latin America and the Caribbean and become a major site of United States–Latin American interaction. Banana Wars is a history of the Americas told through the cultural, political, economic, and agricultural processes that brought bananas from the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean to the breakfast tables of the United States and Europe. The first book to examine these processes in all the western hemisphe...

"Informar, negociar, representar. As três funções clássicas da diplomacia, a que muitos aspiram como exercício profissional. Este livro tem como objetivo servir de aporte bibliográfico especializado aos que ora se preparam para exercer essas funções na carreira diplomática. Não é simples encontrar material especializado para um concurso tão complexo. O Concurso de Admissão à Carreira de Diplomata é provavelmente o mais específico do país, e dificilmente, as referências utilizadas em outros...

The seven-decade career of Howard Hiatt, a pioneer in public health, advocate for global health and health equity, a mentor to generations of healthcare leaders.Howard Hiatt—physician, scientist, advocate for global health, and mentor to generations of healthcare leaders—has spent much of his seven-decade career being ahead of his time. His innovative ideas as head of Harvard's School of Public Health from 1972 to 1984—about preventive medicine, the incorporation o...

"Informar, negociar, representar. As três funções clássicas da diplomacia, a que muitos aspiram como exercício profissional. Este livro tem como objetivo servir de aporte bibliográfico especializado aos que ora se preparam para exercer essas funções na carreira diplomática. Não é simples encontrar material especializado para um concurso tão complexo. O Concurso de Admissão à Carreira de Diplomata é provavelmente o mais específico do país, e dificilmente, as referências utilizadas em outros...

Essential reading for those who work in global health, this practical handbook focuses on what might be the most important lesson of the last fifty years: that collaboration is the best way to make health resources count for disadvantaged people around the world. Designed as a learning resource to catalyze fresh thinking, Real Collaboration draws from case studies of teams struggling to combat smallpox, river blindness, polio, and other health threats. In honest appraisals, partic...

Cada banca examinadora tem características próprias em relação aos seguintes aspectos: a) maneira de apresentar as perguntas, b) técnicas utilizadas para dificultar a resolução das questões, c) teses jurídicas preferidas, d) tipo de doutrina utilizada e e) temas preferidos, recorrentes e reputados mais importantes. Essa identidade é bem acentuada em se tratando do CESPE. Trata-se de uma organizadora que elabora exames bem diferentes das demais. O CESPE costuma ser bem original em todos os ...

The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography is the defining reference for academics and postgraduate students seeking an advanced understanding of the debates, methodological developments and methods transforming research in human geography.Divided into three sections, Part I reviews how the methods of contemporary human geography reflect the changing intellectual history of human geography and events both within human geography and society in general. In Pa...